J.K

As your smooth, rounded hands

intertwine with mine

I can feel my worries wash away 

I have spent years 

searching for my other half

I have falsely loved many

and accepted only the worst

because it's all I believed I deserved

It wasn't till our hands touched 

and our eyes locked 

that I realized what true love meant

as my past tried to drown me

and swallow me whole

in the depths of the darkest of seas

your love became a life vest 

that kept me afloat 

and away from the monsters beneath 

Being with you gives me hope

it gives me a light 

that I thought impossible to obtain

and helps push me forward 

towards a me I never fathomed 

We have our issues

there are days where we could give up

but I can never leave you behind

because it's you that made me okay

its being with you that gave me the tools I needed

to be happy like I was before my grandma died

its being with you 

that makes growing old and happy seem possible

It's being with you that taught me to 

love not only another person

but myself as well 

I found a home in your eyes 

and the way you smile when you see me

I found safety in the way you hold me 

I found calm when I play with your hair

and when you whisper in my ears

and I found electricity in my body 

that I only feel when you're near

I'm madly in love with you

and the way you move

and talk to me

the way you hold me 

and calm my pain 

but mostly 

I love that I'm finally alive 

and that I'm alive with you